Education:
2022 Meisterschüler (Postgraduate Master Class) with Prof. Hannes Brunner, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Germany
2021 (MFA/Diploma), Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Germany
2019 École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Class of Prof.Abraham Cruzvillegas. France
2010 (B.A.) in Art and Visual Communications, Faculty of Fine Arts- Damascus University. Syria
Exhibitions:
2024 "Art Auction 12" gallery Weserhalle Berlin - Germany
2024 “GASTSPIEL” at Gallery ABTART. Stuttgart - Germany
2024 "BRÜCHE" at Haus Kunst Mitte. Berlin - Germany
2023 Art presentation at ACC (Asian Cultural Center) Gwangju - South Korea
2023 "Luftgrenzen" gallery KA32. Berlin - Germany
2022 "HUMAN ELECTRICITY" curated by. Dr.Almut hüfler & Ralf schmerberg. at Mahalla. Berlin - Germany
2022 "Morning nightmare" Art intervention at Lobe Block Berlin - Germnay
2021 "IPSO FACTO" group show at Kühlhaus Berlin Curated by Birgit Effinger and Michaela Richter. Berlin - Germany
2021 "das Ich im Wir" group show at Galerie im Saalbau Curated by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa. Berlin - Germany
2021 "Invisible Cages" Solo exhibition Curated by Khaled Barakeh at coculture space - Berlin- Germany
2020 "ART IN ISOLATION" Middle East Institute. Washington, DC . USA
2020 "STATE OF THE ART" Galerie Postel, Hamburg- Germany
2020 "LICHTBLICK" group video exhibition at Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz - Berlin - Germany
2020 "That's not life anymore" group exhibition at Weißensee Kunsthochschule. Berlin - Germany
2019 "Lost in Translation" collective exhibition at de Warande, Turnhout - Belgium
2019 RUNDGANG. annual exhibition at Weißensee Kunsthochschule. Berlin - Germany
2019 "Qu'est-ce que tu fais" Beaux-Arts de Paris - Melpomène, Paris. France
2019 "a journey of belonging" Part II CAA gallery - Berlin. Germany
2018 "In Between". Galerie Postel, Hamburg - Germany
2018 annual exhibition at Weißensee Kunsthochschule. Berlin - Germany
2018 "Tun und Lassen" at modular+ space, Berlin - Germany
2017 "a journey of belonging" CAA gallery - Berlin - Germany
2017 Translation // Le vent nous portera. Curated by Dr.Christine Nippe. Kommunale Galerie Berlin - Germany
2017 "Soap is good" by Amer Akel and "Le jour de la Gloire" by Anri Sala. Kurt Kurt space.Berlin - Germany
2017 "Sans papiers - Das Leben ist eine Reise". Dinner- Lecture, Curated by Simone Zaugg and Pfelder .Kurt-Kurt Space. Berlin.Germany
2017 KUNST UM DIE MOORWIESE in Bad Saarow. Brandenburg - Germany
2016 "70 Square Metres", at Goethe-Institut Damascus In Exile, Collective exhibition.Berlin - Germany
2016 "City in Transformation" video art program screened in Kunsthochschule Halle - Germany
2015 I will never get used to wait / TYS / Copenhagen - Denmark
2015 Participate in "VideoFormes Fest", Clermont-Ferrand - France
2015 "At the plague" Supermarket art fair, Stockholm - Sweden
2015 "1kg of soil" Solo show at KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE. Vienna - Austria
2015 "I will never get used to wait", Curated by Abir Boukhari, Hinterland Gallery, Vienna - Austria
2014 Participate in AIVA international video art festival - Stockholm - Sweden
2012 “Mosaic” collective exhibition at AllArtnow space.Damascus - Syria
2011 "In Need" collective exhibition at AllArtNow space.Damascus - Syria
2011 "Open Day" collective exhibition at AllArtnow space.Damascus - Syria
2009 "Blood Donation" collective exhibition.Damascus - Syria
2008 Collective exhibition at NIASD (Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies). Damascus - Syria
Artist in Residency:
2023 Art residency, Karin Abt-Straubinger Stiftung. Stuttgart - Germany
2015 Art residency at KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE-WUK in collaboration with AllArtnow. Vienna - Austria
Scholarships / Nominations / Prizes:
2023 Art Exchange program grant at ACC (Asian Culture Center). South Korea
2023 Karin Abt-Straubinger Stiftung Art Prize. Stuttgart - Germany
2019 DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements at Berlin Weissensee School of Art
2018 Mart Stam Scholarship / Deutschlandstipendium.Berlin
2017 Nominated for The Jameel Prize 5
Special training:
2011 “Studio1” informal school about contemporary art, AllArtnow in collaboration with British Council Damascus
2009 "Video art and short film" directed by filmmaker Faisal Kourashi, British Council, Syria
2008 "Acrylics paintings" with Dutch artists, NIASD ( Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies)
Publications:
2019 "Lost in Translation" de Warande, Turnhout. Belgium
2017 TRANSLATION // Le vent nous portera . Kommunale Galerie Berlin - Germany
2015 KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE // KEX Residenz. Vienna - Austria
Amer Al Akel
Born in Damascus, Syria 1987
Based in Berlin-Germany